And the actual TIME that was once, but no more, shared within the EXIF further assisted in determining "when" the photographer was.

I always thought of RP.net as a photographer's site, as much as railfan's site and there are still a few of us that are more than happy to share that information vs offer their - "figure it out yourself" attitude as they live in their moment.

Yes, everyone is free to write better captions! Time, location, which way the train is going, and train frequency are all nice to know.